Leonido Luznik MD

Dr. Leonido Luznik, MD's primary research interest is in the area of allogeneic blood and marrow stem cell transplantation (alloBMT). In the laboratory, there are two main areas of ongoing research. The first area focuses on understanding the mechanisms of antitumor immunity after alloBMT. The strategy is to induce an immune response against antigens expressed on the tumor (tumor-specific antigens) but not on the normal host hematopoietic and epithelial tissue.

Dr. Leonido Luznik clinical interests are focused on the translation of the concepts developed in the laboratory to early phase clinical trials. He currently leads the multi-institutional clinical trial using high-dose cyclophosphamide as single-agent short course GVHD prophylaxis. (Principal Investigator: L. Luznik; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT 00809276). As a part of this clinical trial, his laboratory is also conducting a systematic study of the correlates of T-cell immune recovery with the goal of identifying critical mechanisms behind the unique ability of high-dose cyclophosphamide to prevent acute and chronic GVHD.